What's Bugging Me

If Donald Trump decides to help Israel finish off the Iranian regime will that trigger a MAGA Civil War? Plus we chat with veteran radio talker Bill Martinez on the situation in Southern California and a Parting Shot on looking for love after lockup.

It's June, Trump is back in office, so it must be Riot Season. On one side is the President, ICE, active-duty and reserve service members, and a majority of the American people. On the other side are elected Democrats in California, illegal aliens, and Antifa. It's getting ugly out there.   Then we follow up on our coverage of Wall Street shenanigans of naked short selling and the dereliction of d...

Elon Musk criticizes President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" and distances himself from the Administration. Is the honeymoon over? Our guest this week is Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson (USAF, Ret.), NY Times bestselling author and former keeper of the nuclear football. We talk about his time in the White House with President and Mrs. Clinton and the current state of the military under SecDef Pete Hegseth...

The time has come for the Electric Horseman to saddle up and the get the hell out of D.O.G.E. This week Elon Musk leaves government service and returns to the private sector. Then we talk to Scherie Murray,  a Jamaican-American businesswoman from Queens who ran for the GOP nomination fot New York's 14th House District in 2020. All that and the Parting Shot of D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

Jake Tapper is in the crosshairs this week as Dennis wonders, "What did he know and when did he know it?" Then we talk to Rene “Butch” Meily about his book, From Manila to Wall Street: An Immigrant's Journey With America's First Black Tycoon   which chronicles his time with Reginald Lewis, the first Black American to build a billion dollar business.  All that and the Parting Shot.

The President spends his first major overseas trip of his 2nd term in the Middle East, with stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates - courting investment in America and stirring up some "plane" old fashioned controversy. Then we talk to "America's Top Recovering Attorney," Kerry Lutz and founder of the Financial Survivor Network. All that and the Parting Shot. 

This week we take time out to count out blessings and take note of the things that are going right. Okay, we also have a couple of complaints. All that and a Parting Shot 50 years in the making.

We're marking the First 100 Days of the second Trump Administration. Has it been terrific or traumatic? Then we talk to Shaun Thompson of AM 560 The Answer in Chicago about the sleight of hand that is the government's reporting of the economy,  All that and an unapologetic Parting Shot.

While most Democrats continue to hang their hats on "Maryland Man," Elizabeth Warren is going to the mat for the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell - which is, in many ways, a reversal for her. Then we talk to Todd Sheets, former director of Raymond James’ Recovering Markets Program, about the turmoil in the markets caused by Trump's Tariffs and why China has forced this necessary move...

More and more of President's Trump's agenda is being tied up in the District Courts. We take a deep dive on this. All that and the Parting Shot.

We take an extended look at the turmoil and the tantrums over the Trump Tariff policies. We're joined by a trio of experts: Jim Iuorio, Ed Butowsky and the "Wise Guy" himself, Johnny Tabacco to tell you what they think is going on and whether it really is the time to panic.  All that and the Parting Shot.

Senator Cory Booker talks and talks and talks while Elon and the boys from DOGE slash and slash and slash. Plus author John G. West asks "What if American culture is collapsing because many leading Christians identify more with secular elites than they do with their fellow believers?" All that and an IPO of the Parting Shot.

The Democrats sense blood in the water after the Editor-in-Chief of  The Atlantic,  Jeffrey Goldberg, accidentally gets invited into a high level Trump Administration Signal chat. Is it resonating or coming off as just more hateful blather? Then we chat with WRVA (Richmond, VA) drive host Jeff Katz on growing up as a Philadelphia Democrat and becoming a conservative talk show host. All that and th...

Swatting conservatives... Attacking Tesla... Federal judges going wild. The Trump resistance is getting nasty. Rob Carson, veteran radio host and parody writer for the late, great Rush Limbaugh, joins us because sometimes, you just gotta laugh.

Someone is paying a political price for the quest to curb government spending and so far that someone is Elon Musk. This week there were cyber attacks on X and physical attacks on Tesla dealerships and property. So we welcome back former Wall Street Journal reporter Jon Hilsenrath ("The Fed Whisperer”) to talk about Musk's attempts to slash the deficit and debate his characterization of Musk as a...

Smells like MAGA Spirit.  Trump rocks a joint session of Congress, the Democrats pout, and conservative comedian Shawn Farash (aka, Captain Deplorable) stops by for some laughs. All this and the Parting Shot.

A special DOGE edition of the podcast. Let's get out the chainsaws and cut the waste. All that and the Parting Shot.

Channeling a little bit of Truman and a little bit of Churchill, Vice President JD Vance went to Munich and gave our "Allies" a little hell about their anti-democratic and anti-free speech ways - and neither the ruling elite or the media were too happy about it. Then comedian and policy wonk Tim Young joins the show to talk about the state of affairs, the dissaray among Democrats and to pitch a li...

As the new Trump Administration continues its work at a breakneck pace the Democrats are losing it. And with RFK Jr taking over at HHS we talk to Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute about her new book, The World's Medicine Chest, and contemplate what's ahead for you, medicine and Big Pharma. All that and the Parting Shot.

When it comes to doing good we offer you a tale of how not to do it - the wasteful boondoggle that is USAID - and a tale of how to get it done - with private grit and gumption from a young man in Philadelphia. Evan Ehlers ( @evanehlers on X), the Founder and Executive Director of  Sharing Excess,   joins us to tell us how he took his unused college dining plan and turned it into an organization th...

There's a new sheriff in the White House briefing room and we're here for it. Then we check in with Allysia Finley of The Wall Street Journal about the plan to slap a cancer warning label on alcohol. All that and the Parting Shot. 

It's an Inauguration Week extravaganza! Pardons going out and pardons coming in as Joe Biden exits stage left and Donald Trump enters stage right. There's executive orders galore and a major media meltdown. We have all the highlights. Kristen Shaughnessy joins us to discuss what Trumpian government reform will mean for small investors. Will naked shorting finally stop? All that and the Parting Sho...

It's the last week of the Biden Administration and Monday marks the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Is the conflict in Gaza also coming to an end? And could this also be the beginning of the end for Progressive Democrats in California as much of Los Angeles County lies in ashes? We talk to Allysia Finley, columnist, member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, and resident of Sout...

A special free speech edition of the pod! Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says he's returning Facebook back to its free speech roots, while Elon and X make waves in the United Kingdom by bringing the "grooming gang" scandals back to the forefront. We talk to First Amendment lawyer Tom Julin and round it out with the Parting Shot. 

Happy New Year! And we start 2025 by contemplating larger questions, such as, "What if none of this is real? What if we're all just characters in a simulation?" We talk to Melvin Vopson, Associate Professor in Physics at the University of Portsmouth. He was formerly a senior R&D scientist at Seagate Technology and spent over six years as a Higher Research Scientist at the UK National Physical...